Paint issues ? Chips and flakes

[Ben Jardine]

I have a 2024 2500 hd i bought new in july 2023 currently has over 30 000 km on it 

Black crew cab 6.5 box 4x4 6.6 gas . Trucks bone stock factory good years on it and mudflaps. 

My issue is with the paint . I DO NOT use my truck in the woods at all .

It stays on the pavement . The bottoms of my doors and both rocker panels look terrible .

Chips right to bare metal 

Bottoms of doors are turning white with chips very obvious when i clean the truck 

Truck hauls campers to and from camp grounds most of the time . It never leaves pavement . At this rate ill have to take the truck to get repainted soon . 

Also like to mention that when i bought the truck the paint was so thin on my rocker panels you can see grey primer bleeding through the black paint. 

The dealeship gave me a touch up pen but the factory paint should be more durable.  I owned alot of trucks and never seen "Road Rash" this bad on this new of a truck 

[newdude]

30 minutes ago, Ben Jardine said:

I have a 2024 2500 hd i bought new in july 2023 currently has over 30 000 km on it 

Black crew cab 6.5 box 4x4 6.6 gas . Trucks bone stock factory good years on it and mudflaps. 

My issue is with the paint . I DO NOT use my truck in the woods at all .

It stays on the pavement . The bottoms of my doors and both rocker panels look terrible .

Chips right to bare metal 

Bottoms of doors are turning white with chips very obvious when i clean the truck 

Truck hauls campers to and from camp grounds most of the time . It never leaves pavement . At this rate ill have to take the truck to get repainted soon . 

Also like to mention that when i bought the truck the paint was so thin on my rocker panels you can see grey primer bleeding through the black paint. 

The dealeship gave me a touch up pen but the factory paint should be more durable.  I owned alot of trucks and never seen "Road Rash" this bad on this new of a truck 

 

 

 

Been doing this for at least 10 years on new vehicles.  Thinner paints, thinner clears all to save costs.  

[Pryme]

There was a thread about some trucks no longer getting the textured rockers. Are yours textured or smooth?

 

I’ve had no issues with the paint on this truck and I have no chips on my truck yet. It looks thick everywhere 

[newdude]

2 minutes ago, Pryme said:

There was a thread about some trucks no longer getting the textured rockers. Are yours textured or smooth?

 

I’ve had no issues with the paint on this truck and I have no chips on my truck yet. It looks thick everywhere 

 

 

White hides the peppering pretty good.  Dark colors show the rash, even in the textured rockers.  Worst spots are in front of the rear wheels for what OP has going on.  

[Ben Jardine]

12 minutes ago, Pryme said:

There was a thread about some trucks no longer getting the textured rockers. Are yours textured or smooth?

 

I’ve had no issues with the paint on this truck and I have no chips on my truck yet. It looks thick everywhere 

Mine are not textured . I seen other 24s with the textured ones . But if you lay under my truck its visable the paint is so thing the primer is showing 

[Pryme]

1 hour ago, newdude said:

 

 

White hides the peppering pretty good.  Dark colors show the rash, even in the textured rockers.  Worst spots are in front of the rear wheels for what OP has going on.  

I’ll have to look close later and see

 

no chips this paint looks really thick. Maybe it was sprayed properly and some unfortunately get skimped somehow?

Edited June 3, 2024 by Pryme

[MidTNDenali]

I added the front and rear splash guards and found that they help keep the rockers protected.

[Durt McGurt]

I have a 2021 GMC Denali. The paint is starting to peeling on the edge of the roof, near the windshield. I called GM and they told me to take it to my local dealership to have them do an analysis. The dealership told me that it would cost about $6k and that GM 20%, which still leaves me $4800 out of pocket. Know I guess that GM is on my list of NEVER to buy from along with Dodge.

Edited December 8, 2024 by Durt McGurt

[revrnd]

Paint is robotically applied, so issues aren't random. Likely process 'updates' as @newdude mentioned all in the name of cost cutting. You don't have to crawl under your truck to see the 'thin coverage'. Peek down the stake pockets & you'll see more primer grey than body colour.

Edited December 8, 2024 by revrnd

[64BAwagon]

Given the costs and environmental concerns they dont paint anything they dont have to. Like a lot of things on modern vehicles the Govt has a heavy hand. 

I know from experience that cars back to the 50's werent always painted everywhere. The floors inside and outside never got more than primer and some sound deadener spray as well as any inner surface. 

Back in the 70's and well into the 80's if you drove down Woodward ave in Pontiac near South Blvd the Plant 1 complex was on the West side (now the M1 Concours site) the smell of lacquer thinner and paint was always very strong. This was the plant that was making the S10 and S15 Blazers then and I dont think the paint equipment was very sophisticated. No way they could get away with that now. Theres a couple of EPA superfund sites in this area related to the disposal of paint related materials. 

Edited December 9, 2024 by 64BAwagon

[Kristencamp]

On 12/8/2024 at 8:16 AM, Durt McGurt said:

I have a 2021 GMC Denali. The paint is starting to peeling on the edge of the roof, near the windshield. I called GM and they told me to take it to my local dealership to have them do an analysis. The dealership told me that it would cost about $6k and that GM 20%, which still leaves me $4800 out of pocket. Know I guess that GM is on my list of NEVER to buy from along with Dodge.

Wow!! Same thing is happening w my 2022 Yukon - I’m fighting with them and believe me I’ll be joining you banning GM cars - it’s 100% manufacturing defect ! They need to stand behind their products